Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith , in purity. Until I come devote yourself to the public reading of scriptures, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by the prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. Practice these things immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress. Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.